First of all, I want to express my enormous thanks to every one of you who came to one of my launch events in the past few weeks. Whether you’re a friend, a teacher, a librarian, a bookseller, a parent, or one of the many hundreds of students I spoke with while on tour, asante (

This month I had the honor of doing my first interview for How to Be an Elephant with the wonderful Luann Toth from School Library Journal. Below, you can read our conversation on research, process, and the future of elephants. Following on the heels of her Sibert Honor–winning ­Neigh

Tomorrow night I have the honor of standing in for David Macaulay–my long-time teacher and mentor since my days at RISD–during the Society of Illustrators Original Art Lifetime Achievement ceremony to accept an award on his behalf. Since his travel plans prevent him from b